Joanna Redden

My research involves investigating the social justice implications of AI and automated decision making systems and working toward greater citizen participation in our datafied societies. I co-direct Starling, a research centre focused on just technologies and just societies at Western University and the UK based Data Justice Lab.

I am co-author of Understanding Media: Communication, Power and Social Change (2024), Data Justice (2022), the author of The Mediation of Poverty: The News, New Media and Politics (2014) and co-editor of Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data (2015). I have published articles in academic journals such as Big Data & Society and popular sites like Scientific American. My research has been funded by the Open Society Foundations, Carnegie UK Trust, the Nuffield Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre.

I have held fellowships at the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media, Toronto Metropolitan University and at the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre.